SINKING ONCE AGAIN.
I hate to fall back on the olde saying of 'rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic' but really and truly there is no other expression that best captures Justin Trudeau's Cabinet announcement of earlier today.
First off, there are far too many of them...some 38 and when you add Trudeau - the supposed first among equals you have 39 - dangerously close to the infamous crew of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Had I been Prime Minister there would be but 18 ...less than half. Why they have a Minister for Everything under the Sun. I tried to find out how much each Minister costs the Taxpayer but could find nothing on line but lets just say it is well into the $Millions of Dollars per. Their Staff, Their Office, Their Car and Driver, Their Salary and Benefits, Their Travel, and eventually Their Severance and Pensions. I wonder how many there'd be if the cost was coming out of Trudeau's own pocket?
Two good ones were dropped...Jim Carr and Marc Garneau.
Three should have been dropped ...were not: Harjit Sajjan, Patricia Hajdu and Carolyn Bennett. And with Hajdu replacing Bennett at Indian Affairs the poor natives will soon see they have gone from the pot and into the fire.
Another two changes also make no sense...Steven Guilbeault at Environment and Climate Change and Dominic LeBlanc at Intergovernmental Affairs. Guilbeault's appointment is like putting the cat amongst the pigeons given his history as a former Director of Green Peace (Quebec) and LeBlanc cannot get along with himself let alone the Premiers. Both are headed for disaster and by that I mean us Canadians.
The only good move is with respect to Kristen's former boss - Anita Annand to Minister of Defence. It will help her that she is a woman and therefore we can expect her to be at least twice as good as any of her male colleagues. Her drawback will be her Associate Minister...my former boss - Lawrence MacAulay aka the potato farmer but thankfully she is smart enough to know to ignore him.
But in the end this is all smoke and mirrors since the real issue is who is at the Helm of this Sinking Ship and that is Justin Trudeau ...Himself. He is hell bent on a course full speed ahead towards the Iceberg.
Another 3 time Liberal Leader... albeit with 3 Majority Governments - Jean Chretien sees Canada headed down "a dark alley" - dark alley or iceberg ...the result will be the same despite who is sitting where ...they are all headed down.
As I See It...
'K.D. Galagher'
